Olympus

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Olympus can refer to:

• Mount Olympus, in Pieria, northern Greece, the home of the twelve gods of Olympus in Greek mythology
• Olympos (a common variation of Olympus), a valley at the south coast of Turkey, 90 km southwest of Antalya city near the Town of Kemer
• Olympos, Karpathos, a town on the Greek island of Karpathos
• Olympos, Larissa, a municipality in the Larissa Prefecture, Greece
• Olympus Corporation, a Japanese optics company
• Rolls-Royce Olympus, a jet engine and marine turbine
• Olympus, a codename for version 3.0.0 of phpBB
• Olympos (novel), a science fiction novel by American author Dan Simmons

Several mountains, named after the Greek mythological home:

• Olympus Mons, an extinct volcano on Mars and the largest known mountain in the solar system
• Mount Olympus (Cyprus), in the Troodos Mountains of Cyprus
• As many as 18 other mountains by the same name, including ones in the Greek islands, Asia Minor, New Zealand, Tasmania and 8 peaks in the United States (see table):

Name	State	County	Coordinates	USGS 7.5' Map
Mount Olympus	CA	San Diego	33°24′39″N, 117°06′06″W	Pechanga
Mount Olympus	CA	San Francisco	37°45′47″N, 122°26′40″W	San Francisco North
Mount Olympus	CO	Larimer	40°22′28″N, 105°27′40″W	Panorama Peak
Mount Olympus	HI	Honolulu	21°20′20″N, 157°46′49″W	Honolulu
Mount Olympus	KY	Bath	38°02′37″N, 083°38′50″W	Olympia
Mount Olympus	UT	Salt Lake	40°39′24″N, 111°46′13″W	Sugar House
Mount Olympus	VT	Windsor	43°49′31″N, 072°44′40″W	Bethel
Mount Olympus	WA	Jefferson	47°48′00″N, 123°42′19″W	Mount Olympus